Monsters, fighting, explosions, now do it again! Well, that sums it up. Frankenstein’s monster (that’s right, not Frankenstein!) fights for the forces of good along with some other pathetically undeveloped monsters. When I’m saying a comic about ass-kicking monsters is uninteresting you know to watch out.
Category Archive: Comic Review
Feb 08 2013
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel – Adapted by Brigit Viney
This version of the classic novel of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is designed for young students, complete with guides to history, story structure and vocabulary. I thought it was a good take on the tale of a scientists who creates life and then shuns it, leading to a life-long enmity between them.
Feb 01 2013
Black Panther: Civil War – Reginald Hudlin
The superhero King of the super-high-tech African nation of Wakanda goes with his new wife, the mutant Storm, on a tour of various super powered nations and then decided to interfere in the American superhero civil war. Not horrible, but I only really enjoyed the couple’s running around to visit other monarchies.
Jan 30 2013
Hitman: Ace of Killers
Hitman has always been one of those books that’s right on the edge for me. It’s just good enough that I keep picking up the trades when I find them (cheap or in a swap). Ennis (writer) does a decent job of characterization of the roguish Tommy (the titular hitman) and his buddy/partner Nat. Their …
Jan 25 2013
Blindspot
Kevin Pyle writes and draws the story of Dean, a teenager who has been moved around much of his life and has a bit of trouble adjusting to the requirements of high school (like math). He does, however, have a rich fantasy life where he conquers the perils of the neighborhood as a rugged army …
Jan 16 2013
Civil War: X-Men
Or should it be X-Men: Civil War? Anyway, I’m trying to catch up to the last decade by reading various Marvel collections about big events such as this, which goes through some of the mutant titles and explains their involvement in the superhero war over registering heroes. I only really got into the Wolverine issues, …
Jan 09 2013
New Mutants: Fall of the New Mutants – Zeb Wells
I kind of liked this. The “new” mutant group of X-Men go to limbo to deal with a renegade group of soldiers and hordes of demons. Some good sneaky plots and a couple of moments of character development. I admit that I was most interested in the characters I had read about in the late …
Jan 02 2013
Fantastic Four vol 1 – J. Michael Straczynski
The super-family has to deal with child services, the Thing realizing he’s rich, and Mr. Fantastic being, well, god. Very long winded and not too thrilling.
Jan 02 2013
The Silence of Our Friends
The Silence of Our Friends follows two families, one white, one black, living in the late 1960s Houston and struggling to cope with the racial tension that grips the city. Largely autobiographical, Mark Long and Jim DeMonakos tell the story of how Long’s TV journalist father befriended black intellectual and organizer Larry and how he …
Dec 28 2012
Ultimate Comics New Ultimates: Thor Reborn – Jeph Loeb
Remember when I wrote: “Loeb is at his best when he provides snapshots of events revolving around a larger plot”? Well, this isn’t one of those times. Loeb brings back the thunder god, who it would seem died in the ridiculous destruction of New York in the Ultimate storyline, through a convoluted plot by Loki …
Dec 24 2012
Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America – Jeph Loeb
Using the five stages of grief as a guide, Loeb has various characters react the the incredibly arrogant and asinine move by Marvel to kill the symbol of America. I suppose it makes sense: A big corporation that owes everything to their fans and treats them like trash. Wow, all of a sudden it seems …
Dec 19 2012
Doomwar – Jonathan Maberry
I thought this comic would be great. Dr. Doom plots to steal the super-metal, Vibranium, from the country of Wakanda in order to upgrade his robots and take over the world. Sadly, the tale gets out of control as a couple of Black Panthers, Wakandian commandos, several X-Men, and the Fantastic Four all get involved. …
Dec 10 2012
Young Allies – Sean McKeever
The best thing about taking a bunch of nobody superheroes (I use that term loosely) is that authors can work on making their personalities and interactions truly their own without the baggage of history. McKeever does this well by taking a group of nobody kid heroes and throwing them against the evil kids of supervillains. …
Dec 09 2012
¡Run, Carly, Run!: Reading ElECTRONiC Issues 1-3
I’m hooked. My friend Bullseye Joe is concocting his first foray into comics writing and was loaned the first three issues ElECTRONiC by writer and creator Joe Corallo, a local patron of Collectors Kingdom. I plan to purchase these three comics from Corallo in support of the work he and his art team are creating. …
Dec 07 2012
Invaders Now! – Christos Gage
The plot of this story is great: The team of superheroes that fought against the Nazis and Japan in WWII are reassembled to confront old foes, old regrets, and an old Lovcraftian god. Sadly, the writing is weak and what should be exciting turns out to be rather dull.
Dec 01 2012
Supreme Power: Nighthawk – Daniel Way
I should have been suspicious that the author’s name was the largest thing on the cover, as it seemed like trying to cash in on Way’s fame (?!) rather than tell a compelling story of Marvel’s Supreme Power‘s universe’s version of DC’s Batman and the Joker (how’s that for possessives?). It had some interesting plot …
Nov 29 2012
Fantastic Four: Ultimate Collection Book 2 – Mark Waid
I read this comic before, but I didn’t review it or remember it very well. Strange, because I did enjoy it. The story may seem same old same old: Doom seeks vengeance on Mr. Fantastic, blah, blah, yet Waid presents a great Doctor Doom, filled with malice and cunning. Additionally, he manages to balance action …
Nov 19 2012
Ant-Man & Wasp: Small World – Tim Seeley
I really enjoyed this. Super scientist, former ant-man and former jerk, Hank Pym, is forced to team up with the current ant-man and current jerk, Eric O’Grady, as they attempt to recover an invention stolen by Advanced Idea Mechanics. The only down side is that half this volume is repeats of old Stan Lee comics
Nov 17 2012
Darkhawk Classic vol 1 – Danny Fingeroth
Cory lent me this collection of the early 90s hero, of a teen who finds an amulet that allows him to transform into a kind of armored being with an assortment of weapons and accessories, and he really enjoyed it. I, sadly, hated the same old tale of a teen becoming a hero and learning …
Nov 08 2012
Silver Surfer: Devolution – Greg Pak
Typical of Pak’s work, I don’t love it, but I don’t hate it either. The Silver Surfer, that whinny guy who finds planets for Galactus to eat, runs into the High Evolutionary (a character that I love but never has very good stories written about him) and all of a sudden Darwin is flipping in …
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